Press Releases

Warwick, RI – Congressmen Jim Langevin (D-RI) and David Cicilline (D-RI) today offered their congratulations to two Rhode Island schools that have prioritized environmental protection and education. The Greene School in West Greenwich and Claiborne Pell Elementary School in Newport were both recognized as Green Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education.

New Study Finds 88 percent of RI School Districts Need At Least One Piece of Additional Kitchen Equipment

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) today announced that Rhode Island received $93,191 through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help schools purchase new kitchen equipment to more effectively and efficiently prepare school meals for students.

PROVIDENCE, RI -- In an effort to promote community arts programs and arts education throughout Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Congressional delegation today announced the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA), Community Musicworks (CMW), and WaterFire Providence will share $787,100 in federal grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). These federal matching grants will help support both new and established art projects, including workshops, performances, exhibitions, and arts education programs.

WASHINGTON, DC – Tomorrow, Friday, April 11th at 11:15 a.m. U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline will unveil a new plan to pressure House Republicans to allow a vote to extend unemployment insurance at netWORKri in Providence. U.S Congressman Jim Langevin and unemployed Rhode Islanders will join Cicilline at netWORKri for the event.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) today issued the following statement for Equal Pay Day, which is tomorrow, April 8th, highlighting the wage gap that exists between women and men in the United States:

“It is completely unacceptable that in 2014 women still get paid less than men do for the same work. It has been over 50 years since President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law and we are still fighting to ensure that women receive the wages they deserve.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) today issued the following statement following the U.S. Senate’s 59 to 38 vote to pass a five month extension of unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed:

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin (D-RI) and David N. Cicilline (D-RI) today announced that Rhode Island will receive over $1.47 million to help protect drivers on the state’s roadways. These funds were awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to support the state’s highway safety and data programs.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), a former member of the House Budget Committee, today released the following statement after House Republicans and Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released their version of this year’s budget proposal:

WASHINGTON, DC – Two Rhode Island social entrepreneurs today travelled to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. at the invitation of U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) to give a TED-style briefing to U.S. lawmakers on social enterprise. Kelly Ramirez, CEO of Social Enterprise Greenhouse, and Amelia Friedman, a Brown University student and Executive Director of the Student Language Exchange, joined a panel including three other experts to discuss both the economic and public benefits of identifying and solving social problems.

PAWTUCKET, RI - U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) today delivered healthy meals to low-income Rhode Island seniors in North Providence as part of Meals On Wheels' 12th Annual March for Meals campaign.

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously approved Congressman David N. Cicilline’s (D-RI) amendment to the ENFORCE Act to help ensure transparent accounting of taxpayer money spent under Republican backed legislation. Cicilline’s amendment was the only Democratic amendment that was accepted by the Republican-led House.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline today received the Small Business Investor Alliance (SBIA) ‘Champion of Small Business Investing’ award, which recognizes individuals who have worked to promote American small businesses and the investors who support them.

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives tonight voted to condemn the violation of Ukrainian sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity by military forces of the Russian Federation. After the vote, U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement:

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget, today issued the following statement on the release of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 budget request:

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act by a vote of 306 to 91. U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin (D-RI) and David Cicilline (D-RI) supported this legislation that would provide relief to some homeowners facing increasing flood insurance premium rates.